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New York's Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Author: Algeo, Matthew

Publisher: Island Press

Date Published: 09-2025

ISBN: 1642833657 | EAN: 9781642833652

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product | Pages: 288

Annotation: In the nineteenth century, Manhattan's streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect solution: build a giant pneumatic tube underneath Broadway from the Battery to Harlem.

New York's Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit tells a classic story of good versus evil, pitting the mild-mannered Beach, a visionary inventor and entrepreneur, against the oafish tyrant Boss Tweed, the exemplar of corruption in the Gilded Age. It also tells the story of one of the most astonishing feats of engineering in American history, the surreptitious creation of the nation's first operational subway.

Richly illustrated and populated with larger-than-life characters, New York's Secret Subway will captivate readers and provide historical context for today's clashes between public interests and powerful business and political groups. Algeo tells this amazing true story in full for the first time, and although it took place more than a century ago, it will at times sound surprisingly familiar.

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Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2025): Faa-H-8083-25c

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Date Published: 12-2023

ISBN: 1510779876 | EAN: 9781510779877

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product | Pages: 528

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History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: Gibbins, David

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Date Published: 10-2025

ISBN: 1250397197 | EAN: 9781250397195

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Price on Product | Pages: 304

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Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Author: Kumekawa, Ian

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

Date Published: 05-2025

ISBN: 0593801474 | EAN: 9780593801475

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product | Pages: 336

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High-Wing Aircraft Visualized Flight Maneuvers Manual: For Pilots in Training

BasicBinding: Spiral

Author: ASA Test Prep Board

Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Date Published: 04-2022

ISBN: 1644252236 | EAN: 9781644252239

BasicBinding: Spiral

Features: Price on Product | Pages: 66

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Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: Faa-H-8083-25c

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Author: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Publisher: www.bnpublishing.com

Date Published: 07-2025

ISBN: 1638233810 | EAN: 9781638233817

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Glossary | Pages: 522

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Rise of the Railroad: How Trains Changed the World

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Author: Wolmar, Christian

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Date Published: 10-2025

EAN: 9798217128327

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Price on Product | Pages: 368

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How to Rebuild Ford Power Stroke Diesel

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: McDonald, Bob

Publisher: Cartech

Date Published: 05-2012

ISBN: 1934709611 | EAN: 9781934709610

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Illustrated, Table of Contents | Pages: 144

Annotation: This book covers the vast majority of Powerstroke Diesel engines on the road, and gives you the full story on their design. Each part of the engine is described and discussed in detail, with full-color photos of every critical component. A full and complete step-by-step engine rebuild is also included.

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Porsche 911 Book: New Revised Edition (English, German and French)

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Author: Staud, René

Publisher: Te Neues Publishing Company

Date Published: 02-2021

ISBN: 396171309X | EAN: 9783961713097

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Multi-Lingual, Price on Product | Pages: 192

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Standard Easa Fcl-Compliant Pilot Log: Asa-Sp-Easa

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Date Published: 02-2018

ISBN: 161954623X | EAN: 9781619546233

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Price on Product | Pages: 104

Audience Age Range: 16 to UP

Reading Grade Level: 11 to UP

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Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic

BasicBinding: Paperback

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Date Published: 01-2005

ISBN: 0805077642 | EAN: 9780805077643

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product | Pages: 208

Annotation: The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the "Titanic" is now offered in a 50th anniversary edition with a new Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, author of "In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory."

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Aviation Mechanic Handbook

BasicBinding: Spiral

Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Date Published: 07-2022

ISBN: 1644252279 | EAN: 9781644252277

BasicBinding: Spiral

Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product | Pages: 392

Annotation: "An essential reference manual for mechanics, aircraft owners, and pilots, this book compiles specs from stacks of reference books and government publications into a handy, toolbox-size guide. Includes information critical to maintaining an aircraft. Your single source for: - applicable mathematics, conversions, and formulas - aircraft nomenclature, controls, and system specs - material/tool identifications - hardware sizes/equivalents - metal fabrication and fabric covering techniques - composite materials - aircraft batteries - inspections, corrosion detection/control - aircraft tire and spark plug information - the most frequently used measurements, scales, charts, diagrams... and much more. The eighth edition contains updated information pertaining to micrometers, measurement tools, resistors, lithium ion batteries, and aviation fuel grades and colors. Softcover, indexed, black and white with some color illustrations, 4-7/8" x 6-7/8". Stay-flat flexible spiral binding is easy on all surfaces, and allows for easy on-the-job reference"--

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Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: Schumacher, Michael

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Date Published: 09-2012

ISBN: 0816680817 | EAN: 9780816680818

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product | Pages: 256

Annotation: Originally published: New York: Bloomsbury, 2005.

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Field Guide to Airplanes, Third Edition (Revised, Updated)

BasicBinding: Paperback

Publisher: Collins Reference

Date Published: 03-2006

Illustrator: Foster, Gerald L

ISBN: 0618411275 | EAN: 9780618411276

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents | Pages: 304

Annotation: Extending the principles of the famed Peterson Identification System to the man-made world, A Field Guide to Airplanes will enable you to identify virtually any plane in North America, in the air or on the ground. This fully revised and updated third edition features more than 400 aircraft, including 75 new planes that incorporate the latest advances in general aviation, military aircraft, commercial airliners, business jets, and helicopters. Beautiful and accurate illustrations include arrows and detailed drawings to help pinpoint the differences between similar models. Clear, succinct descriptions of each plane include statistical information, history, and a list of important field marks that distinguish one plane from another. For serious enthusiasts and amateurs alike, this is the only true field guide to airplanes.

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Low-Wing Aircraft Visualized Flight Maneuvers Manual: For Pilots in Training

BasicBinding: Spiral

Author: ASA Test Prep Board

Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Date Published: 04-2022

ISBN: 1644252252 | EAN: 9781644252253

BasicBinding: Spiral

Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product | Pages: 66

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Porsche 911: 50 Years

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Author: Leffingwell, Randy

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Date Published: 10-2013

ISBN: 0760344019 | EAN: 9780760344019

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents | Pages: 256

Annotation:

In Porsche 911: 50 Years, best-selling author Randy Leffingwell celebrates a half-century of one of the world's premiere sports cars, covering every iconic 911 model.

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Principles of Helicopter Flight

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: Wagtendonk, W J

Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Date Published: 07-2006

ISBN: 1560276495 | EAN: 9781560276494

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents | Pages: 320

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Gales of November: The Mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A Hidden Account

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: Drummond, Eric D

Publisher: Independently Published

Date Published: 10-2025

EAN: 9798269512594

BasicBinding: Paperback

Pages: 272

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Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Date Published: 11-2023

Illustrator: Berman, Jake

ISBN: 0226829790 | EAN: 9780226829791

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product | Pages: 272

Annotation: "Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems, the book draws us into the fascinating transit histories of over 20 US and Canadian cities"--

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West with the Night (Warbler Classics)

BasicBinding: Paperback

Author: Markham, Beryl

Publisher: Warbler Classics

Date Published: 05-2021

ISBN: 1954525346 | EAN: 9781954525344

BasicBinding: Paperback

Pages: 242

Annotation:

In West with the Night Beryl Markham chronicles her unconventional, free-spirited girlhood in Kenya and her adventures as a rescue pilot, mail carrier, and bush pilot, scouting game for safaris.

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